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Managerial Social Responsibility unit (BMA250)

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Introduction

Sound and effective management and leadership require not only financial and technical expertise but also ethical competency. This unit provides a focus on ethical decision-making, and in particular introduces a series of frameworks for discerning what is right and wrong in important areas of business practice. Ethical competency is the ability to, a) perceive the ethical implications of a situation, b) engage in sound ethical reasoning, and c) develop sustainable problem-solving strategies.

Summary

Unit name Managerial Social Responsibility
Unit code BMA250
Credit points 12.5
College/School Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline Management
Coordinator Doctor Timothy Donnelly
Available as an elective? Yes
Delivered By University of Tasmania and Third Party(ies): ECA|Universal College of Higher Education Hong Kong
Level Intermediate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

  • Describe theories and concepts of ethical reasoning
  • Explain the ethical issues of relevance to a business context
  • Apply ethical reasoning to make evidence-based management decisions
  • Communicate complex ethical analyses and judgements using a team-based approach

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

1 x introductory level, or higher, unit

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

BMA350, BAA310

Teaching

AssessmentLive Case Analysis (30%)|Team Case Analysis (30%)|Capstone Assessment (40%)
TimetableView the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required

There is no prescribed text for this unit. See MyLO for access to the required readings in this unit. 
Recommended

Becker, C. U. (2024). Business ethics (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Chandler, D. (2023). Strategic corporate social responsibility (6th ed.). Sage.

Haski-Leventhal, D. (2022). Strategic corporate social responsibility (2nd ed.). Sage.

Johnson, C. E. (2022). Organizational ethics: a practical approach (5th ed.). Sage.

Trevino, L. K., & Nelson, K. A. (2022). Business ethics (3rd ed.). Wiley.

 

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